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Changing Sounds

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students listen to sound. In this changing sounds lesson, students play instruments to help them hear volume and pitch.  Students use the interactive whiteboard to experiment how change can make sounds go higher or lower. 
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The Charlie Brown Dance

For Teachers K - 3rd
Students attempt to be creative while practicing the movement concepts of Effort - fast/slow, Space Awareness - Levels and Self space, and Relationships - moving in unison.
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The Use of Substitution As a Creative Thinking Tool

For Teachers 1st - 6th
Students practice using substitution as a creative way of thinking about writing and try to substitute song lyrics, food items, rhythm movements and more. For this substitution lesson plan, students create a new candy, and create...
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Pattern and Shading

For Teachers K - 3rd
Learners dentify patterns in their everyday environment. They create several types of pattern, including hatching, crosshatching, and stippling and discover that hatching lines may be drawn horizontally, vertically, or diagonally.
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The Dancing Flute

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
Young scholars use a cardboard tubes as props as they create their own dance steps to express the emotions invoked in a portion of The Nutcracker by Tchaikovsky.
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Rhythmic Pattern and Movement

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Young scholars practice repeating rhythmic patterns in unison. Next, students work in groups to practice an alternate rhythmic pattern to Row, Row, Row Your Boat. They create their own rhythmic patterns for the song.
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The Cat Came Back

For Teachers 1st - 5th
Students are read the story "The Cat Came Back". Using Spanish, they communicate the context of the story with each other. They practice using new vocabulary, identifying main characters and putting the events into order. They use the...
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Creating Characters: Movement

For Teachers K - 3rd
Students compare two characters and role-play how they would perform various actions. They view and discuss a video, list opposite descriptions for the two girls in the video, and role-play the opposites.
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The Fish Said "Shhh"

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Students identify the digraph /sh/ in written and spoken language. After a brief discussion of the independent and combined sounds of the phonemes /s/ and /h/ students practice identifying initial and final placement of the new digraph...
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Using Picture Mapping to Improve Student Comprehension

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
Students draw pictoral representations of a reading selection they read in order to recall information. For this picture mapping lesson plan, students use pictures to comprehend what they read and sequence the pictures as well.
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Dance is B.E.S.T.: Time

For Teachers 1st - 8th
Students demonstrate dance activities and rhythm activities to whole, half, quarter, and eighth notes. They clap and move to notes individually and in 16 count metric phrases. As they create different 16 count metric phrases and...
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CHIMPANZEE

For Students 1st - 2nd
In this coloring worksheet, two line drawings of chimpanzees are given. It is assumed that the illustrations are to be colored in or cut and pasted.
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Butterfly Drawing

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In this butterfly diagram instructional activity, students study a detailed drawing of a butterfly. there are no directions, and the parts of the butterfly are not labeled.
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Milkshake coloring

For Students K - 3rd
In this milkshake coloring worksheet, students color a picture of a milkshake. Students color the picture of a glass, with ice cream, and two straws.
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Fish Coloring Page

For Students 1st - 2nd
In this fish coloring page worksheet, students color a blank line picture of a fish. It is a simple coloring page that could be use as part of a lower elementary level lesson on aquatic life.
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Toucan picture

For Students K - 2nd
In this Toucan activity, learners color a picture of a Toucan. Students color the picture any colors they want and can cut it out as a wall decoration.
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Egg coloring

For Students K - 2nd
In this egg activity, students color a blank egg with any designs or colors they choose. Students have 1 egg to color and they can cut it out as well.
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Wearing an Explorer's Hat

For Students 1st - 3rd
In this wearing an explorer's hat activity, students look at the picture of an explorer's hat and draw a picture of themselves wearing it.
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Dove Color Sheet

For Students 2nd - 3rd
For this color worksheet, students will create a spring masterpiece. Using colors of choice the students will color a dove centered among a floral design.
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Rabbit Coloring Pages

For Students 1st - 2nd
In this coloring page, learners color a black line picture of two rabbits sitting in flowers eating clover. They color the rabbits that are sitting in a rectangle.
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Raccoon Coloring Page

For Students 1st - 2nd
In this raccoon coloring page worksheet, students color a black line picture of a raccoon. They color the picture which is cartoon-like.
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Farm Animals

For Students K - 2nd
For this artistic related worksheet, students cut out nine pictures of farm animals and then match the animals that belong together.
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Halloween Witches Coloring Page

For Students 2nd
In this Halloween coloring page worksheet, 2nd graders color black line pictures of witches that a variety of sizes. There are no directions given with this worksheet.
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Color Blending

For Students K - 3rd
In this color blending worksheet, students color blend the two colors given in each square on each of the four eggs and their different designs.